Idylls of the Sea, and Other Marine Sketches

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Frank Thomas Bullen. Idylls of the Sea, and Other Marine Sketches

Idylls of the Sea, and Other Marine Sketches

Table of Contents

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

IDYLLS OF THE SEA

I. THE PASSING OF PETER

II. THE LOSS OF THE FIRST-BORN

III. A TRUE SHARK-STORY

IV. THE SLAVER

V. THE CRUISE OF THE ‘DAISY’

VI ‘RUNNING THE EASTING DOWN’

VII. IN THE CROW’S NEST

VIII. THE BIRTH OF AN ISLAND

IX. A SUBMARINE EARTHQUAKE

X. THE SILENT WARFARE OF THE SUBMARINE WORLD

XI. AN EFFECT OF REFRACTION

XII. A WAKING NIGHTMARE

XIII. THE DERELICT

STUDIES IN. MARINE NATURAL HISTORY

XIV. SOME OCEANIC BIRDS

XV. THE KRAKEN

XVI. CONCERNING SHARKS

XVII. FLYING-FISH CATCHING AT BARBADOS

XVIII. UNCONVENTIONAL FISHING

XIX. DEVIL-FISH

XX. OF TURTLE

OTHER SKETCHES

XXI ‘HOVELLING’2

XXII. THE LOSS OF THE ‘ST. GEORGE’ An Incident of the Anglo-German War of 19—

XXIII. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MERCHANT SERVICE

Ocean Tramps

Much Canvas and Few Men

The Dutchman

The “Boy”

The Naval Reserve

The Intelligent Foreigner

XXIV. CANCER CAY

XXV. A NINETEENTH-CENTURY JONAH

XXVI. THE TRAGICAL TALE OF THE BOOMERANG PIG

XXVII. A DAY ON THE SOLANDER WHALING-GROUND

XXVIII. SEA-ELEPHANTS AT HOME

XXIX. AN INTERVIEW

XXX. UP A WATERSPOUT

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Frank Thomas Bullen

Published by Good Press, 2021

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XVII FLYING-FISH CATCHING AT BARBADOS

XVIII UNCONVENTIONAL FISHING

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